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Pat,
I don't know about formal academic research, but there is a very
interesting - and extensive - article in a recent issue of Harper's on the
topic of educational gaming that I highly recommend:
Grand Theft Education: Literacy in the Age of Video Games (September, 2006).
At 08:34 AM 11/3/2006 +0000, you wrote:
>Hello all,
>
>Postings about interactive/virtual archaeology and an imminent big web
>project which has 'games' as a 'possible' feature leads me to ask: is
>there a good body of research into the effectivenss of web-games as a
>learning and/or engagement tool?
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>Cheers,
>
>Pat
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>Pat Reynolds
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